Oops!

Almost missed it! I forgot today was Tuesday!

So. I may have mentioned that I'm a bibliophile, you know, in passing. I love reading! LOVELOVELOVE! And books. I don't hold with touching the corner of a hand-held video game to "turn the page".

My sister has addicted me to a new series, (may she rot for it![Love ya sis!]) and it's pretty far off from what I usually read, but not quite.

It's all vampires, and lycanthropes, and ghoulies. Not usually my cup of tea, but it's written like one of my other favorite series by James Patterson~ it's main character is an animator/ vampire slayer. But they make it more mystery~ish, than an actual vampire book. It's hard to describe, but I'm so frikken HOOKED!

This is Not A Good Thing.

I have *things* to do... Like go to work, feed the kids, Blog (8~D) and get moving on Holiday gifts...
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but I'm going to be working on an older pattern I have for my goodies this year! I can't wait to post pics!

And a quickie from work... just so you can have a swift giggle...

[customer]; *scans pack of lighters*
[me] *not really paying attention*
[customer] "Miss? Take these off my order, I don't buy anything that requires me to show ID"
[me] ... ?!

People are nuts.

Have a great week! And as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!

WOW!

So, I drop in now and again, (because at 1 am I'm SERIOUSLY bored, but barely sleepy) just for a peek.

I know I don't have many followers. But today I drop in and I have 6 in the past 24 hours! Six people that took time out of their busy day, just to see my silly blog?!


THANK YOU!

Honestly, I'm shocked! I started this as a way to fill up some empty time slots, then I didn't wanna be one of those that only rants twice and walks away. Now, I'm enjoying it, and I hope you are too. So just a quick post to say "Thanks so much!" And as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!

Geekish joy

For the record, I am a Scifi junkie. Not an addict, because addicts seem to have a need to know about things. I'm a junkie, because I don't care who wrote, starred, or directed, just so long as I get my fix. (:

I am having serious issues with syfy. What's the deal? It was bad enough when they added wrestling to their lineup, I actually watched for about 20 minutes waiting to see something cool. It's just plain old, redneck soap opera, wrestling.

Then they had to change their name, or at least the spelling. Again, WTH?! Why did they feel this was something important to do?

Now they want to add *another* wrestling show? Can someone please tell me WTF *WRESTLING* has to do with the sci-fi genre?

On the upside, SGU is back, which bears almost no resemblance to the Stargate series at all. But still is ok. And Sanctuary, which I've been very impatiently waiting for. (:

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/08/19/syfy-announces-fall-schedule/

I'm SO gonna miss Warehouse 13 though. Bye, bye Steampunky goodness.

Next week, I may not get a post up, unless it's to comment on the 2 premiers! (:

Meanwhile, I continue to take notes on my very unusual customers, and am going a mile a minute on all the projects I have going.

And as usual...

Thanks for Noticing me!

Conspiracy Theory

Hello again, 2 weeks in a row! I'm on a roll now! LOL!

This story is also about a regular customer, only this time, in the store.

This is an older woman, she appears to have started down the Hippie Dippie trail, but lost her way. In all the years I've waited on her, The first time she didn't have any issues with her order was this past Monday. Miracle of miracles!

One day, she had bought a bunch of stuff off the clearance rack, and if you've ever even looked at that rack, you know that people have a tendency to pick things up, look at them, and then just plop it back down any old where. So this woman had grabbed a bunch of stuff, and wanted to pay the price that was on the shelf where she got it, rather than the prices that were clearly marked on the items. 2 managers, 20 minutes, and several arguments, and trips to the rack later, she was finally gone.

The most recent issue she had was a couple weeks ago when she wanted to buy a 6 pack of beer. It's NYS policy, and store policy, to ID anyone, and everyone in a group. So when she scanned her beer, the machine wouldn't let her scan anything else until she showed me her ID. I then type the DOB into the order, and it clears the machine for the next item to be scanned. After 5 minutes of arguing with me that she shouldn't need to show her ID as she was clearly Old Enough, she finally handed it over, with a huge, put-upon sigh. As I took it from her and began to type in her DOB, she yelled, "What are you doing?!?!" I told her I needed to enter the date into the computer to clear her machine. "No, nevermind! Take it off, no one needs to know my information!"
Seriously?! You'd think I'd asked for her SSN and mothers maiden name along with, not to mention the license number!

I have customers that won't use the savings card because "the government doesn't need to know what I'm buying". Because the government has nothing to do better than finding out how many men buy tampons and milk in the same order right?

These are the days you go home, hug your kids, and have a stiff drink!

Speaking of kids, now that the first week of the last kids to start school is over, I hope all you parents out there got at least one days rest!

Have a great week, and as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!

I did it!

So, to start out this new beginning, I'm going to start with telling you about one of my favorite regular customers.

I call her the Homeless Princess.

The woman is certifiably nuts. Not violent, or in any behavioral way really. But one look at her and you know she's not just a few fries, but an entire package of fries, short of a Happy Meal. The first thing you notice about her, is her hair. I'm sure at one time it was beautiful and luxurious, but now it's a sad matted rats nest on top of her head. Seriously, the bravest hairdresser in the world would just sigh and say, "Pass me the buzzers."
Secondly, she's filthy. Absolutely filthy. Think old movie, street urchin, dirty. And her clothes are a wreck.

BUT! And here is the kicker, She is the sweetest customer I have. She comes in, and smiles at me. Not a crazy, stalker, "Ima gonna chop off body parts" smile, but a very sweet, kind of shy smile. She usually mumbles a "Hi" on her way past the counter. Every time she comes in, she gets a cup of hot water, pays 15 cents for the cup, and thanks me and leaves.

I love the way she walks. She walks as if she hasn't got a care in the world, and she's very purposeful in her strides. Very confident, with her head held high. She amazes me.

We have categories of homeless in this town, useful, useless, and scared. I fully believe she's in the scared category. The useful choose to be homeless. They often have jobs, but no use for civilization. The useless are the drunks and other addicts that have been booted out of shelters, and the scared just can't cope with places like homes, and shelters.

So, a slow ease into this whole "regular" thing. Some posts may be impossibly long (just a warning) because of the situation, others just a few sentences. But fate has gifted me with a wealth of material in the form of retail service. so stay tuned folks, and as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!

We appologise for the inconvenience

*Snicker*

So. I decided to take this into an entirely, (well, okay, not so much) different direction.

I run into so many characters in my job that I thought it would be fun to share them.

This is part failblog, part Not Always Right, part Poorly Dressed.com, and mostly, seriously random geeky catchphrases, and references.

This in no way means that I will no longer have Eeyore moments, or cute kitties.

It does however mean that I will be trying a lot harder to make this a less random, and more "weekly" type of thing. How's Tuesday work for you? Well, probably Wednesday by the time anyone gets to see it.

Oh, and by the way....


And as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!

*SIGH*

Yeah, so, cute kitties again.

Yes, I am ashamed. Yes, I am a slacker.
But look, I make up for it don't I? Do you see Monas face here?! Murder I tell ya! MURDER! I think she's a little sick of the flash. I see bloody toes in my future...
LOOK! Levitating kitty! LOL! Seriously, I need to get out more!

My whole life revolves around this house, and my job, and, well... *teeny-tiny voice* facebook.

I find it amazing that I can talk to someone for half an hour, with both of us hysterical laughing, and yet when I sit down to type, I can't remember a single word. I have a regular customer that tells me I should quit my job and become a comedian. _REALLY_?!?! I think not. I'd get up on stage and go completely blank... Kinda like now.

I should really take notes at work as ammunition for this blog, but hell, half the time you can find any situation I find myself in, here:

http://notalwaysright.com/

I adore this blog!

So, go giggle a while, that should keep you until next time! (: And as usual,

Thanks for Noticing me!